Zürcher Spielzeugmuseum, Toy museum in Zürich, Switzerland

The Zürcher Spielzeugmuseum holds European toys from the 18th to the mid-20th century, founded in 1956 for the 75th anniversary of the Franz Carl Weber toy company. Model railways and steam engines show the technical revolution, dolls and their clothing show fashion trends, and dollhouses show earlier domestic life. The museum moved to the Altstetterstrasse in autumn 2022.

Margrit Weber-Beck founded the museum in 1956 for the 75th anniversary of the toy company Franz Carl Weber. In September 1981 it moved into the corner building at Rennweg 26/Fortunagasse 15 in Zurich's old town. In autumn 2022 it relocated to Altstetterstrasse. In February 2024 the foundation announced the museum's closure and the sale of the collection, which Fritz Maurer acquired; from winter 2026 it is to be shown in the Villa Flora in Wald.

The museum's name and collection trace back to Franz Carl Weber, the Zürich toy retailer whose 75th anniversary in 1956 prompted Margrit Weber-Beck to found it. The dolls and their clothing show changing fashions, while dollhouses depict domestic life of earlier periods. Sasha Morgenthaler dolls were shown in special exhibitions in 2009 and 2016; that collection belongs to the city of Zürich.

The museum moved in autumn 2022 to Altstetterstrasse, where Franz Carl Weber's administration was based; it is no longer at Rennweg 26/Fortunagasse 15. The collection was bought by Fritz Maurer and is to be shown from winter 2026 in the Villa Flora in Wald, run by the Verein Franz Carl Weber Spielzeugmuseum.

The museum's holdings include dolls and objects by Sasha Morgenthaler, owned by the city of Zürich; special exhibitions of her dolls ran from March to November 2009 and again in 2016. The collection was bought by Fritz Maurer and is to be shown from winter 2026 in the Villa Flora in Wald, run by the Verein Franz Carl Weber Spielzeugmuseum.